{"product_id":"near-flesh-stories-katherine-dunn-hardcover","title":"Near Flesh: Stories -- Katherine Dunn, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dunn's pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Alexandra Kleeman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\nA previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman invests in a series of sex robots to get her off and comes to terms with the limitations--and real threat--of automated companionship. A knowing young student pursues an affair with an older man, the poet in residence at the university where she studies writing, and weighs the benefits and costs of their arrangement. A mother moves to a farm with her family and must come to terms with the violence simmering beneath her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e is the first and only collection of short fiction by Katherine Dunn, the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e. These nineteen stories are, like Dunn's entire body of work, attuned to the spit and grit of tough living. They pulse with yearning for a more prosperous life, for sexual satisfaction, to escape abusive husbands and the disappointments of convention. A better life, for these mostly female protagonists, seems always just out of reach. In \u003ci\u003eNear Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, Dunn explores the struggle of women to live on their own terms, and the desire to relish--rather than squash--what distinguishes a person.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katherine Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e MCD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/7\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.4\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780374602352\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51740854419755,"sku":"9780374602352","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780374602352_7ecc990a-9e28-4dd0-bda7-c05d83201ad8.jpg?v=1774819285","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/near-flesh-stories-katherine-dunn-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}